Galway's year as European Capital of Culture has been further impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Most staff at the company set up to manage the event have been temporarily laid off and the contract with the Creative Director for Galway 2020 has been ended.
While the board of the company is still hoping to run a "contracted" programme of events, many productions have been cancelled already and others will be severely curtailed.
It is understood that the cultural partners were made aware of the latest developments during the course of a teleconference they had this morning, among themselves, to discuss the ongoing difficulties.